3.7 - How Pradeep Is Your Dove?
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3.6 - Pole Position [T1]
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2025-08-26 17:10:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Tomorrow
Hi, my writing was very slow over the weekend, which is ironic given the theme, and overnight I decided I wanted to restart the key scene (again). So yeah, it's not coming today. Big soz.
2025-08-25 10:28:22 +0000 UTC View Post3.4 - Leader of the Opposition [T1]
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The following text was posted in the 'short story' section of the website for Gibraltar Lions, the club owned by Aurélie Fragonard, a few days after the events it discusses. It was not promoted on social media, and no links to the post were created on the home page or anywhere else.
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My favourite movie is My Best Friend's Wedding. I haven't seen it, which is apt, because I shall not be going to my best friend's we...
2025-08-19 13:52:49 +0000 UTC View Post3.3 - Breakfast of Champignons [T1]
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Wednesday, July 7 - The Morning After the Champions League First Leg
Me: Victory, mon petit champignon! You did it! I had Noah clue you were so good at this! Ar mean, ya played so well! (Armenia.)
Henri: Thank you for explaining the witticism. It might otherwise have passed me by. Where are you?
Me: Belfast hotel having breakfast with the Saltney lads and MD and the Saltney fan. You? 2025-08-15 13:01:35 +0000 UTC View Post
3.1 - The Banks Account [T1]
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Soccer Su 2025-08-08 11:30:38 +0000 UTC View Post
A New Season Approaches
Hi all!
Tomorrow I'll be posting the start of the new season for the T3 Patrons.
In real life, the 'Community Shield' will be played on Sunday. It's the league winners versus the FA Cup winners at Wembley and the money goes to good causes. It's the 'traditional curtain-raiser for the season' and what it means is that the PREMIER LEAGUE IS BACK.
Which means a new season of Fantasy Football.
We have a Player Manager league, which last season was won by Expected B...
2025-08-07 13:05:35 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 Bonus: Let the Wiki Win
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From: Max
To: Briggy
Hey, how's it going in Hamburg? Wow, cool. Let's talk about me now.
I'm still in Newcastle enjoying lazy mornings in the garden followed by lazy afternoons watching Cash In the Attic and Storage Hunters UK. I keep begging Sebastian to let me into his loft to have a rummage for treasures I can take to auction but he's not keen.
You can guess from the attachment how I've been keeping myself busy...
2025-08-04 11:32:05 +0000 UTC View Post2.17 - Appendix
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End of Season Numbers Party!
XP balance: 1,383
Your Reputation in England: Good
Your World Reputation: Poor
Manager Ranking*: 35
* In the English leagues
Men's Team: First in League One
P46 - W30 - D12 - L4 - Goals For 84 - Goals Against 30 - Goal Difference 54 - Points 102
Vans Trophy Winners
Cheshire Cup Win...
2.16 - Epilogue [T1]
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Monday, May 3 - Three Weeks Later
"All right," I said, taking a few slow, hesitant steps across the front of the room. The audience could sense my doubt, my uncertainty. "I think we might be ready. Are we ready? There's no way to know if we're ready."
Emma was at the side, sitting on a low cupboard, looming over most of the audience, kicking her little legs. "We're ready, Max."
"Yeah, but let's review." I skipped back the way I ...
2025-07-29 10:09:28 +0000 UTC View Post2.15 - Pompey and Ceremony [T1]
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Excerpts from Dani Smith-Smithe's minute-by-minute commentary.
53'
Max scores!
Goal!
What a goal!
I can't even believe what I've seen. He did a rainbow flick over the goalkeeper. It's not even possible.
Wait...
Awwwwwwwww. He's crying.
Not crying.
Blubbing.
Blubbering?
Aw, no. He nearly set me off and I haven't cried since the story years ago that ...
2025-07-25 12:05:48 +0000 UTC View Post2.14 - Achilles' Heel [T1]
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2025-07-21 20:12:52 +0000 UTC View Post2.13 - Nerves of Seal (Part Two)
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Monday, April 5 - Five Days To Go
Squad Morale: 5.9
Brooke: Ticket sales are going well both on our side and in Portsmouth. I think the total will get close to 80,000.
Me: Wow. This will be the biggest event of your life!
Bro...
2025-07-18 13:58:34 +0000 UTC View Post2.13 - Nerves of Seal (Part One)
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Hey everyone! I have to do the thing where I split up the chapter again. P2 coming very soon!
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The latest blog post from News of the Blues, the leading news and views platform for all things Chester FC.
The Only Way Is Up!
Chester sealed their fourth promotion in as many seasons with a thumping 5-0 win over Bradford City at Valley Parade. The Championship awaits.
When Max Best arrived at our little foot...
2025-07-18 13:30:30 +0000 UTC View PostI Am Once Again Asking for Your Support
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Hello!
I just launched Soccer Supremo (the series you are reading) on Royal Road.
If you don't know what Royal Road is, feel free to delete this email and take a big soz for wasting your time....
2025-07-14 16:54:48 +0000 UTC View Post2.12 - Don't Look Back In Anger [T1]
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2025-07-11 18:39:55 +0000 UTC View Post2.11 - Soccer Supremo Part Two [T1]
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I clicked to take us to a plain black screen. "Feels like shit, doesn't it?" I smiled. "This is it. This is the job. If you're amazing at it, like me, all you do is get yourself more and more days like these that hurt more and more. Next season it'll be the semi-final. Then the final. But this is what I said to my players. One day ...
2025-07-07 12:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post2.11 - Soccer Supremo Part One [T1]
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Hey everyone! Part Two of this is coming up in a few minutes. I've split it because this is the longest chapter ever and email can't handle it.
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Friday, April 2
The NEC Arena, Birmingham
"Please welcome to the stage our special guest, the League One Manager of the Month for March, the former Bayern Munich trainer, the face of Soccer Supremo... Max Best!"
There was very generous applause a...
2025-07-07 12:04:31 +0000 UTC View PostA Day Off
Hi all. Sorry to do this but I can't deliver a chapter tomorrow. I have half of it done but the scope of what I want to write is quite ambitious and this heat has got on top of me. No sleep for two days and now I just can't think straight. If it was a case of finishing a mostly-good chapter I would try to power through but I think the setup I've created for the next chapter has the potential to be interesting given a bit more time. I'll post on Monday.
While I'm here, the following week...
2025-07-03 19:37:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Tomorrow
Hi all. Soz but I won't get the chapter done in time today. The heat is draining and I spent way too long looking for the perfect Norwegian bar that Briggy would choose for a scene (Why? Just make one up!) and re-doing some work that the imps should have done two years ago. Stupid imps!
Mañana!
2025-06-23 14:35:58 +0000 UTC View Post2.7 - Fjord of Dreams [T1]
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2025-06-20 13:54:26 +0000 UTC View Post2.6 - Swede and Sour [T1]
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EXTERIOR: A soft net is held up by light, wooden poles. It could be a five-a-side-football pitch?
MAX BEST is in his trademark black hoodie and is holding a football. He's pacing around, scowling. The words: Max Best (Player-Manager) appear on screen.
MAX
All right, you animals, listen up. We've got a tough game today but don't let them ruffle your feathers. Remember to use the wings and let's use our advantage in the air.
[CUT TO: A f...
2025-06-16 18:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post2.4 - Transfer Deadline Dismay [T1]
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EXTERIOR SHOT: What seems, from context, to be the side of a football pitch.
MAX BEST is in his trademark black hoodie, holding a football. He's pacing around, scowling. The words: Max Best (Player-Manager) appear.
MAX
[Stops pacing to address his players.]
All right, you animals, listen up. We've got a tough game today. Win your headers, yeah? Today's all about aerial duels. Get up higher than your opponent. Really stretch for it.
2025-06-09 12:54:41 +0000 UTC View Post